Does it work offline?

Yes, with a local speech model. Use Original mode, or a local AI such as Ollama for clean-up.

Which apps does it work in?

Any text field on your Mac — Mail, Notes, Slack, WeChat, your browser and code editor.

Not yet. Dictation is macOS only for now.

Dictation · Free during beta

Press ⇧⌘Space in any app and talk. WhisperPal turns your voice into clean text and puts it at your cursor. Built in, and free.

Tap for one mode, hold for another. Pick what each one does.

You said

“um so let’s uh finalize the release notes by friday and like loop in support”

Word for word, with your vocabulary corrections.

um so let’s uh finalize the release notes by friday and like loop in support

Fixes punctuation and filler words. Keeps your meaning.

Let’s finalize the release notes by Friday and loop in support.

Follows what you ask: reply, rewrite or translate. Can read your selection.

“…and translate it to Chinese”

我们周五前把发布说明定稿，并拉上客服。

Tap to start and stop. Hold to talk and let go to finish. Or double-tap the left or right ⌘, ⌥, ⌃ or ⇧.

Recognise speech with a model on your Mac, or any OpenAI-compatible service. Clean up with Ollama, LM Studio or your own API key.

Casual in chat, complete in email, terse in Slack. Set rules per app.

Text lands at your cursor. WhisperPal never presses Return, and keeps the result for you if you switch windows.

Your last 100 dictations, searchable and private. Turn it off or clear it any time.

Part of WhisperPal, not an add-on. With a local model there is nothing to pay and no quota.

Choose a model, grant microphone access, and you’re ready. Accessibility access lets WhisperPal type into other apps.

Does it work offline?: Yes, with a local speech model. Use Original mode, or a local AI such as Ollama for clean-up.
Which apps does it work in?: Any text field on your Mac — Mail, Notes, Slack, WeChat, your browser and code editor.
Is it available on Windows?: Not yet. Dictation is macOS only for now.

WhisperPal · Apple Silicon · macOS 12 or later